The Hanson's

Going Private Soon!!

2009-05-19T12:56:00.000-07:00

Hi!! Long time no blogging!
I've decided that I want to continue sharing our life through our blog, but I also want to know who is keeping tabs on our life! So, I will be making our blog private very soon!

Wear Sunscreen

2008-07-30T08:00:00.000-07:00

Sun damage.

The first age spot on my hand! It just showed up, like overnight!

The first sign of growing old I guess.

I am now carrying handcream with 30 spf in my bag!

And wearing big bold rings as a distraction!

My First Earthquake

2008-07-29T12:17:00.000-07:00

Earthquake Map

A moderate earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.The magnitude 5.8 event occurred 3 km (2 miles) SW of Chino Hills, CA.The hypocentral depth is 12 km ( 8 miles).

Magnitude 5.8 - local magnitude (ML)
Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM (PDT)Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 18:42:15 (UTC)
Distance from Chino Hills, CA - 3 km (2 miles) SW (235 degrees)Diamond Bar, CA - 8 km (5 miles) SE (127 degrees)Yorba Linda, CA - 9 km (5 miles) NNE (23 degrees)Pomona, CA - 11 km (7 miles) S (178 degrees)Los Angeles Civic Center, CA - 47 km (29 miles) ESE (103 degrees)
Coordinates 33 deg. 57.5 min. N (33.959N), 117 deg. 45.1 min. W (117.752W)
Depth 12.3 km (7.6 miles)
Location Quality Good

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I just lived through my first experience with an earthquake. It was actually pretty scary! I was just sitting at my desk, working away, and then there was this loud noise like thunder and the building started shaking. It seemed like it latest a long time, I really don't have any idea how long it actually lasted! I was trying really hard to remember what I learned back in First grade about earthquakes. Do I stand in an open area, clumb under my desk, stand under a door, run outside and start screaming? I couldn't remember. So I basically sat at my desk, frozen, and then it continued so I went and looked out the window to see if the freeway was shaking, you know like in the movies, but it wasn't. And then it just stopped. Over as soon as it started. The earthquake was 90 miles away from my office, I was kind of surprised that I could feel it here. I did rush home for lunch to make sure our house hadn't fallen into the ocean! And it was still there, our whole neighborhood was still there!

The White Party

2008-07-26T22:48:00.000-07:00

Today was my friend Tiffany's birthday party. It was a White Party, where everyone wears white. We were allowed to use some colour to accessorize.

So check out these shoes!

Aren't they fabulous?

I had been eyeing them for weeks and the party gave me the perfect excuse to buy them!

The party was great! Everyone looked amazing, the White Party was a great idea.

Here's James chillin' in the lounge.

Ajee, Nicole and Me.

James and Me with Nicole and Dennis.

They are our neighbors and good friends who we hang out with a bunch.

Tiffany had her house decorated so well. I loved the two white leather sofa's and coffee tables in the middle of the yard! It made a great lounge area, what a great idea!

The girls! These are some great ladies. We have so much fun together! Playing bunco, shopping, girls night, hanging out at the beach, whatever! They are a blast!

2008-07-19T10:39:00.000-07:00

How cute is this!

For some reason Packer loves standing under James. He will come up from behind and nudge his way in between his legs. It's pretty cute.

Just Peachy

2008-07-14T08:06:00.000-07:00

On Sunday mornings my favorite thing to do is to sit on my porch and be lazy for a good half hour. This morning I walked out my front door and something was very different, the peach tree had fallen over!

The tree had so much fruit growing that I guess it just couldn't support the weight. I am so sad about it, there were going to be so many peaches. I was going to be the queen of peaches this summer, pies, cobbler, I was even going to try canning! They weren't quite ripe yet so I hadn't even been able to try one!

The gardener came and removed the tree and all of the fallen fruit. While I'm sad we have no more peaches for summer, it is actually nice having the yard more open for a little more sunshine!

The Maxi Dress

2008-07-11T07:19:00.000-07:00

I have found my favorite new fashion.

The Maxi Dress!

I bought one yesterday to wear to a concert in our neighborhood and I think I'm going back to get another. I just love it. Not only do you look super cute while being casual yet semi classy looking, its so comfortable. I felt funny in it at first, expecting that my husband was going to ask why I was wearing a mumu, but then I just feel in love and he actually liked it too!

Grand Opening Party

2008-06-28T08:26:00.000-07:00

Pic's from the Grand Opening Party!

Hollywood style with a Red Carpet, "the List" and everything!

Doesnt' the place look amazing! I'm so proud of James!

Quite a party, with a band and a dj.

Silent Auction items

Yummmmm sushi!

What a great night! By far the coolest party I've ever been too. It was amazing.

Today is a Gift

2008-06-26T13:44:00.000-07:00

I go to check out pic’s of my friends Lara’s new baby and get tagged instead! So here’s my blast from the past, it’s not all pretty, but it’s real.

20 Years ago – I was nine and my sister would have been a brand new baby. I was so glad to finally have a sister! And I guess it would have been the summer before starting 4th grade. I actually don’t remember very much about being 9.

10 Years ago – was one of the most fun summers ever. I had a great job at a law office and was living with a best friend down town Boise. James was fighting wild fires in Nevada with our friend Amber. I spent every other weekend making the road trip to Nevada to hang out with James and Amber during the summer. It was so fun, plenty of time by the pool and lots of bbq’s and softball games. In the fall I was still in school at BSU trying to decide majors – exercise science or business. Funny how things don’t really change, 10 years ago I was working at a law office and James was gone a lot. Here we are 10 years later and I work at a law office and James is gone a lot! Very similar, but still so different.

5 Years ago – honestly it’s kind of a blur. I think because it was the worst time of my life I just blocked it out and blurred it all together. I could write a book about how miserable I was. Of course there were some good things (I’m sure) but I’m just being honest. It was a time full of failed relationships and heartache, being so broke I honestly did not have two pennies to rub together, and a job that was physically and emotionally draining. And it did manage to get worse before it got better – but it did get better.

3 Years ago – on the edge of something better. The worse times continued at the beginning of 2005. I found myself single for the first time in my entire life, and living all alone. I did have a great apartment though! I bought myself my first piece of furniture, a tv entertainment table. It was a pretty basic piece of furniture, I had to assemble it myself, and I had never felt so alone in my life. I knew I could have called my Dad to put it together in 20 minutes, but I had to do it myself. I was ready to do things for myself by myself. It took me the entire afternoon, a bucket of tears, and a blood blister, but I did finally put it together. It was always a little whobbly in the back, but it worked! Just like I put that table together I managed to get my life together as well. I made some great new friends, went on plenty of dates (both good and bad), learned how to have fun, learned what really matters in life, and bought my first house!

1Year ago – James and I were happily planning our wedding, (a lot happened two years ago) a fun pre-wedding trip to San Diego, and great honeymoon in Maui. In the mix of all of that we decided to move too! We had a great wedding and honeymoon. As soon as we got back from Maui we put one of our houses on the market and started looking for jobs and houses in San Diego.

This year – So far this year I really feel like this is the life I was supposed to have. James and I both have amazing jobs. We have the cutest house, in the nicest neighborhood, in the nicest town in all of San Diego. The ocean is just two houses away and it brings such a feeling of calmness in our life. There is an energy here that is almost tangible. The ocean is so full of life and it really does add an element of positive energy when it’s so close. It’s really hard to describe.

Yesterday – After work I did a few chores around the house. James had to work late so I invited my niece Brooke over to make dinner and watch a movie together, keep me company. We watched Fool’s Gold. It was pretty cute.

Today – This morning I discovered my washing machine is broken. I had a ton of laundry to do and needed to do all of it today. So like a real big city career girl, I took all of my laundry to the cleaners for the wash and fold service. I could definitely get used to that! I just walk in, drop it off and go back today after 5pm and it will all be clean and folded! Now, instead of having to go to the laundry mat, or a friend’s to do laundry tonight I can go to the gym and workout. I need to find a handy man who can fix my washer, it’s out of James’ area of expertise. Or I can keep doing the drop off service!!

Tomorrow – The grand opening of the new Harney Sushi is tomorrow. I’m so excited! James really needs the break too. I’ve got our nephew housesitting for use tomorrow night and we are staying in the honeymoon suite in Oceanside. I can’t wait. I took the afternoon off work so I could go lay by the pool for a few hours before getting ready for the party.

I do feel really fortunate to be able to write about having my laundry done for me, and going to grand opening parties, and staying in nice hotels. And not to say I deserve it, but my 20’s were terrible! While all of my friends were out partying and playing I was working my butt off. While they were all getting married and making families I was working my butt off. So I do feel like it’s about time! I worked so hard to get where I am and you never know what can happen, good or bad, so I’m just trying to enjoy life to the fullest right now! You know the saying, the Past is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, Today is a Gift, that's why we call it the Present!

I tag Rachelle, Kelly, Nickelle!!

My favorite things about James' job

2008-06-24T13:13:00.000-07:00

James has been working so hard lately on his first huge project with his new company. The company does commercial remodels, exclusively restuarants. I had some time off a while back so I went and spent an afternoon checking out Oceanside and his jobsite.

Here is James working on the new Harney Sushi opening in Oceanside.

This is one of the 'during' photos. I'll post the 'after' shots this weekend at the opening.

This is the building the restaurant will be in, it's the first floor.

Here is a picture of the whole building.

Another cool thing about James' jobsite....Does this house look familiar to you????

Think

Here is another view of that same little beach house,

(the big building in the background is the building James is working in).

Still don't know where you've seen that little house before?!?!?

Let me give you a hint.......

Is that Maverick?

That's right! It's the beach house from Top Gun!

How cool is that? When I was a little girl drooling over Maverick and Ice Man I never would have imagined that I'd be standing in front of Charlie's house, and walking on the same beach where the infamous volleyball scene was filmed! And now my husband is working one block away!

Here's a few more pic's of Oceanside. It's really pretty there, but they have some problems, hopefully adding a few upscale restaurants and condo's will help. There's a beautiful pier that I wanted to go walk on, but when I got asked if I was "working" I knew it was time to go back to my quiet Solana Beach! So I did not make it out on the Pier, no way am I going by myself! Hopefully James and I will be able to go together this weekend.

a VIP invite

2008-06-23T13:26:00.000-07:00

We got our invitation for the grand opening.

It is definitely the coolest invitation I've ever seen!

I am so excited for Friday night!

Just an update

2008-06-16T10:39:00.000-07:00

I figured since I haven't written anything in over a month I should probably just post some kind of update on what we're doing.

Tax season came to an end and so did my job. I wish I could say I was surprised, but for about the past month at my last job I just had this feeling that I should start looking for a new job. It's weird, but I didn't pay any attention because my job was paying a lot of money (a lot more than I felt I was worth! our little secret!!) so I just ignored it. I had noticed it had gone from crazy busy, to insane slow. But finally it did come to an end. And I got an even better job! So I am very excited about that, and the best part is it isn't for a CPA firm, so no more tax seasons!!! YEAH!!

James is managing the opening of a brand new Harney Sushi restuarant in Oceanside, CA and has been working like crazy. He's been working seven days a week for very long hours to make sure that everything is ready for the VIP opening on June 27th. Between our work schedules we hardly see each other anymore. So I decided that for the grand opening we are really going to celebrate. I reserved the Honeymoon Suite at the nicest hotel in Oceanside for us and I am so excited about it! The room is amazing, overlooking the ocean, so it will be a fun weekend for us to relax!

James has always been very artistic, and recently he had some one take an interest in his art. We are getting all of his pieces ready for an exhibit in a gallery. I've always loved his artwork, and he thought I was saying it was great because I'm his wife. So it was amazing for him to have someone not related tell him it was great. I can't wait for his first piece to sell! I know it won't take long!

Our niece Brooke graduated from high school this last week. It is wierd for me to have nieces and nephews the same age as my sister, but it's fun to be the cool young aunt too! James' parents come to town for the graduation and stayed with us. We had everyone over for a bbq on Fathers' Day. I feel really lucky to have such great in-laws.

We've just been so busy lately, too busy to take any pictures. And really we haven't been doing anything but working lately. My new job is pretty demanding, it feels like a real grown-up job! And James' job has turned into a real career with amazing opportunities along with long hours. We have both decided that we are just going work as hard as possible during our 30's, we're hoping to retire in our 40's! That's the goal! Laugh all you want! We are going to make it happen!

Darcy comes for a visit

2008-05-12T18:25:00.000-07:00

My sister Darcy just came for a visit. We had such a great time. Not enough time to do all the fun thing we wanted, but we'll have plenty for the next visit. We both celebrated our STAR birthday's this year, she turned 20 on the 20th and I turned 29 on the 29th. We weren't able to get together until now, so we celebrated our birthdays over the Lava Fudge cake at The Beach House!

We normally get some pretty amazing sunsets. But the fog rolled in every night right before sunset, so it just looked cloudy. But we still had fun at the beach watching the ocean waves.

The Flower Fields in Carlsbad are beautiful! Rows and rows of bright coloured flowers!

The Birch Acquarium was so fun! We saw all kinds of amazing fish. Next time we'll do Sea World.

Seal Cove in La Jolla. All the baby seals were sunning themselves on the beach. It was so cute!

$$ Shopping at the Outlet Mall $$

The outlets here are amazing! Every store you could possibly think of. We even stopped at Godiva to have one of their Gourmet Chocolate Covered Strawberry's. Yum!!

We all took a long walk on the beach.

I had so much fun hanging out with my sister again. James had fun too, and was a great sport about watching chic flic's every night!

Joy of Art Party

2008-05-03T17:12:00.000-07:00

We hosted our first Art Party and had such an amazing time. Everyone had a blast and at the end of the night James and I had a beautiful piece of new artwork.

To have your own here's how it works.

Pick a favorite piece of art in the size you want. It's so easy to order anything you want from Art.com This is what we picked, Navaro Rapids by Ando Hiroshige.

Cut it into squares, one for each guest you have. We had 12.

Get all your supplies together. Pastels work so great, we had coloured pencil, oil pastels, pastels, also get a good art paper, and some fixative spray.

Everyone gets one square of the original print and a blank piece of paper cut the same size of square from the original print. Allow the artist inside to express your creativity. All of our guests knew we were having an art party, they were great sports about it considering everyone said what terrible artist's they were. But eveyone ended up having such a great time and were very surprised just how talented they really were!

A work in progress...

It was so fun seeing everyone finish their squares, you can hardly tell which is the original and which one we recreated!

Once everyone is finished put together the finished product.

The art party was a huge success, I am already picking another print for our next party!

Week in Review

2008-04-28T09:21:00.000-07:00

April 15

YEAH! Tax season is finally over! And we made it through unscathed. James was a real trooper having to do more than his fair share of chores and doggy parenting. I owe him a huge thank you for being so great! He makes such a great house-husband!

April 17

Our great friend from Boise arrived today. It was so great to have him come stay with us. We took him to dinner at our favorite beach fron resturaunt and watched an incredible sunset. We had plenty of beach time and lots of relaxing. Sonse is also an accountant so he welcomed some time to just relax and unwind. We didn't do any touristy things, just ate out a few times and played at the beach.

April 23

Bunco! My new friend Nicole hosted her first bunco party. It was such a blast. It was my first time ever playing. There were 12 ladies, which was great, it was so fun to have a girls night and meet some new people. Believe it or not, but I actually won! James was pretty excited when I came home with $50 more than I left the house with! We had a great time and everyone has decided that we need to do it once a month!

April 25

Our beach made nation wide news and history. There was a fatal shark attack at our beach early Friday morning. The man who was killed was our neighbor, we had not had the chance to meet him or his family but our neighborhood will surely not be the same. It was so eery going home for lunch today. There were Coast Guard helicopters hovering and news choppers too. Lots of news vans, James was even interviewed for the news. The attack happened in the exact spot where we go swimming and surfing every time. All of the beaches in our area are closed for the weekend, they are patrolling the area by air to see if they can spot the shark. They are just trying to see if he is making his way back out to the ocean. I haven't quite figured out how I feel about going surfing yet. I was already kind of scared about everything in the ocean, and now even more so. It was very strange watching the news and seeing our beach, our house, and our neighborhood on CNN.

April 26

I finally made an appointment to begin my personal training. I met my trainer today, it was incredible. I'm going to get my money's worth for sure! After training I rode The Hello Kitty to this cute little health foods cafe and got us take out for lunch. Then we went down to the beach to layout. On a typical hot day the beach has all kinds of people playing and having a good time. There are usually large groups of people surfing, swimming and playing in the waves. So it was very strange at the beach today, not a soul was in the water. It got pretty hot, so a lot of people would go in, up to their knees, but that was about it. We walked out about that far, and were trying to figure out how tall a 17 foot long shark is, we decided it had to be atleast four feet tall, so we both felt pretty safe staying in water that was less than two feet deep. And having the Coast Guard helicopters in eye sight helped too. We also saw a very large group of dolphins playing in the surf. Around here they say if there are dolphins there won't be any sharks, but if you see a seal to get out of the water because there will surely be a shark coming. I belive it, there were a group of seals on our beach Friday morning when the shark attack happened. There have never been seals on our beach before. We were both happy to see the dolphins back!

This week will fly by. I have my second session with my personal trainer on Wednesday. And James and I are hosting an art party on Friday night. So I have lots of house cleaning and appetizer planning to do before then. I'm so excited to have this art party. I have wanted to do it for so long! I'll write all about it later, with pictures!!

My Broken Toe

2008-04-13T11:40:00.000-07:00

As you all know, I just turned 29. I have made it to 29 without a single cavity, not one broken bone, no stitches, and not one trip to the hospital. I guess I've always been either safe or lucky, mostly safe. So with my great record you wouldn't really think I could break my little toe tripping on my husbands boots! It was time for bed, (you know 8:30) and I turned off the lamp in the living room, so it was dark. And I almost tripped on one of James' shoes, so I go to catch myself and land on the other shoe, but had all of my weight on the outside edge of my foot so I wouldn't fall. The end result was a broken toe, and it hurts so bad. It probably would have just been better to fall! Now I can't wear any of my cute strappy heels. I tried to this morning and it just hurts so bad. My poor little toe is just huge, and red. I was hoping last night that it was just jammed, but I'm quite positive it's broken.

When I was a kid my best friend broke her arm, and she got a cast and everybody signed it and it was so cool and I always wanted a cast. So now I'm 29 and have broken my first bone, I'm getting a cast! Ok, so they don't make casts for broken toes, infact there's nothing they can really do for my little piggie toe who went weee weee weee all the way home. So this post is my ecast if you will. So please leave me a comment so I can feel like I got all of these signatures on my cast. By the way, my cast is pink!

Limitless Paper for a Paperless World...

2008-04-10T12:02:00.000-07:00

I just could not stand the wait! I am so excited for tonight. I am a HUGE fan of the office and can't wait for the new season to begin! In just a few short hours the drama will unfold as Jim and Pam go over to dinner at Michaels place. It's going to be hilarious! I really couldn't stand the wait any longer and had to check out all the funny clips from previous shows!

The funniest commercial ever made!

The Dundies

The Fitness Orb

Identity Theft

The Wedding

Music Montage

The Negotiator

Funny stuff!

I'm making my very own Dundies tonight, and might possibly put a stapler in the jello for dinner!

29 on the 29th!

2008-03-29T21:55:00.000-07:00

I had a great birthday! I worked in the morning and then this afternoon my great husband took me clothes shopping. So much fun! We have this big patio at our new house and have had no patio furniture on it. What a waste! So for my birthday I got some new patio furniture, including a hammock and lighting for our new and improved patio. I like to think of it more like an outdoor living room. It's so great! James did such a great job hanging all the lights. From the street corner our house looks like such a fun party now! We had friends and family over for a bbq, so we got to really test out the new patio stuff. It was great. I had such a great day!

I Think I Can

2008-03-24T10:37:00.000-07:00

Last week was tough, just feeling quite overwhelmed. I completely vented on my other blog and felt all 'whoa is me' for most of the week. Then I read my sister's (in-law) blog. She is such an inspiration to me, such a great mom to my beautiful niece and nephews, and such a great wife and girlfriend to my brother. But anyway, she had a whole long list of her favorite things all of which were amazing things and it made me realize I need to change my thinking. I decided if I just sit and wallow in everything I have to do and how hard it is, it becomes overwhelming. I need to focus on the positive and keep telling myself that good things will come from hard work and I can do this! I've been chanting the mantra from The Little Engine That Could all morning! I think I can, I think I can! Because whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right!

Nobody said it would be easy right?

First Day of Spring!

2008-03-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad that winter is officially over! I know I have nothing to complain about, it's been like spring since we got here. But I love the flowers blooming on my trees and shrubs, it's magical! I love that the days are getting longer, and warmer, and soon it will be summer (the best season ever)!

Orange Tree Blossoms

Peach Tree Blossoms

If only it were an apricot tree, I do love singing that song!

Red Hibiscus Shrubs

Our yard is quite beautiful, we lucked out!

Surfing with Dolphins

2008-03-08T19:41:00.000-08:00

Today was an amazing day! I went to work for awhile in the morning while it was still cool outside. After work we decided to go surfing. The weather was perfect, about 74 degrees and not a cloud in the sky!

We are loving our house. There are people who drive from all over to park right by our house to go surfing and chow down at Roberto's Very Mexican. And we just get to walk out the front door. We put on our wetsuits, grab our board and it's on! The waves are still pretty big this time of year so it's a workout just swimming past the breakers. Once we got past the breakers we sat on our boards for a quick breather. No sooner had I got balanced, then a school of dolphins went swimming by! It was just amazing, they were like 10-20 feet away and so relaxed just passing us by. It happend twice! The first school was all gray, and then the second group that went by was all black. The second group was even closer than the first. Simpy amazing!

They were so close it looked just like this! If I had been off my board I'm sure I could have touched them. Not that I would, I'm still a little scared of everything in the ocean. Do they bite?

So surfing.

Surfing was excellent! I can't wait to be really good at it! And I'm starting to get used to the salt water. It will be weird to go back to Boise and go swimming in fresh water!

Surfing is a good way to clean out your sinuses! And there is sooo much swimming involved! I like swimming and always thought I was pretty good at it. That is until I tried swimming into water that is trying, with great force, to push me back to the beach! My surfboard is pretty wide too, which makes it even harder paddle. I took the cheaters way out and decided to breast stroke my way out past the breakers and just let my surfboard get tagged along by the leash! I'm not a real surfer yet, so I don't feel too bad about it! My arms were on fire, so at least now I can feel the arm and shoulder muscles I need to work on at the gym!

We have definitely decided we need to get a waterproof camera so we can get surfing pictures. I found this on online, it could have been me! I spent the first part of our day like this:

After while I definitely got the hang of it, well kind of. And I'm now completely comfortable like this:

While it's not surfing, yet, it's a blast! It is kind of tricky to go from being on your stomach swimming to on your feet in one swift movement. I just do it too slowly and end up riding the wave on my knees!

But I am definitely getting a feel for it and really think that the next time I go I'll be able to actually ride like this:

That will be great! I love it and can't wait to go again. Now with daylight savings, we might even have time after work for a few quick waves!

A Taste of Actual Parenthood

2008-02-20T13:44:00.000-08:00

We don't have kids, we have our two dogs instead and I'm always surprised at how similar the two can seem. If you have kids please don't be offended, I'm not saying your kids are like my dogs, it's more the other way around. I hear all of these stories from friends and family about raising their kids, so when certain things happen I'm like, 'oh this is what it must be like to have kids!'

Like last night. It's 2:30 in the morning and the dogs are up and need to go outside, potty time. Comparable to the 2:30 diaper change. And of course my husband is "sound asleep". (I know he was awake, big faker!) So I get up go out and open the front door. Oh, I need to back up now. We have the picture perfect house with a white picket fence all around the yard. The front gate is kind of sticky and you really have to make sure it's closed all the way. Our dogs are trained pretty well so they don't usually leave the yard unless they're with us. Anyway, ok, so I get up and open the front door and let the dogs out. (Maybe not so comparable to the 2:30 diaper change, opening the door is not as hard as a poopy diaper!) Since I'm up go get a drink of water and take a dose of cold medicine, I'm trying to get rid of a cold before I really get it. I go back to the door to let the dogs back in, and they aren't there! I stick my head out (which I should have done when I let them out) and the gate's wide open, dogs are on the loose! Great! Exactly what I wanted to do at 2:30 in the morning, walk around the neighborhood looking for two wild dogs!

I start walking up and down every street in our neighborhood, over and over, and over, for a good half hour. I go back inside to get James to come help me. So now we're both out looking for them. I had walked up to the beach access a few times, but the waves were so loud and it was very dark, I thought there would be no way the dogs would go down to the beach. So neither of us went all the way down to the beach. The whole time I'm looking for them thoughts of them getting hit by a car are running through my head (even though I hadn't seen even one car the whole time). Or the thought of the outrageous fee we'd have to pay to get them out of doggie jail (the pound). Or even worse, what happens if we look all night and never find them! Each scenario worst than the one before, (in all reality, all of them were just my imaginiation getting carried away). And at the point where I'm so worried I could actually start crying, I see them.

After an entire hour of looking for them they come prancing down the street, soaking wet, just wagging their tales with a big grin on their face. I guess they decided to sneak out of the house for a midnight swim! And it is so hard to stay mad, they look so cute and proud of themselves. Like 'we went down to the beach all by ourself!'

They didn't get hit by a car, or get taken to doggie jail, or lost forever. It's a crazy feeling to be so very angry and totally relieved at the same time. They got the 'BAD DOG' treatment the whole walk home, and a good dose of bitter apple spray (if they were kids they'd be SOO grounded!!)

So I get little tastes of actual parenthood, I get a feel for the baby midnight diaper changes, and the teenager sneakin' out of the house! And for the time being I just love my dogs and the little tastes of future possibilities.

Here's a picture of them when they're being good, just chillin' in the yard!

Tagged!

2008-02-15T14:38:00.000-08:00

Here's 2 tags put together. It's kind of long, by the end i'm thinking TMI!

How long have you been together? Married almost 6 months, together for 11 years! Marriage has definitely changed us for the better.

How long did you date? 11 years. We grew up together so we definitely got to know each other well.

How old is he? 27 or that’s what I’m suppose to say!

Who eats more? He does. He eats enough to feed an entire family, and has only gained 3lbs since high school!

Who said "I love you" first? He did, it was pretty sweet.

Who is taller? He's taller.

Who is smarter? He is. He's so smart!

Who does the laundry? We both do our own. I’ve lost too many favorite sweaters when he tries to do mine, and I’ve washed his wallet one too many times. So we started doing our own. That way if a sweater shrinks it’s my fault and if he washes his wallet it’s his fault!

Who does the dishes? Both of us. He’s really great about helping out in the kitchen.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you ask him I sleep on both sides of the bed!

Who pays the bills? We just started doing this together. Sharing the finances has been something new since we got married.

Who mows the lawn? That was always a battle for us. We’d fight about it every week, we have such a huge yard, and there’s always doggie presents that need to be picked up. So now we hire someone!

Who cooks dinner? Usually we do it together. James is a fantastic cook, thanks to my mother-in-law.

Who is more stubborn? Honestly we are both very stubborn.

Who kissed who first? He did, it took forever. I was starting to think I had entered the “friend” zone!.

Who asked who out first? He asked me first, it wasn't anything special like Sybrina's story. I was standing by my friends locker and he asked me to go to a movie with him.

Who proposed? He did last year on Valentine’s Day. It feels like a lot longer than that. We've done so many things since then!

Who is more sensitive? Me- definitely!

Who has more friends? Since we met in high school we have the same friends. It's been really fun to have the same friends.

Who has more siblings? Me. I have four kids in my family and he has 3.

What time did you get up this morning? 5:27 a.m. I know it's pretty early!

Diamonds or pearls? Can't a girl have both?

Last movie you saw in the theater? I went and saw Atonement with my sis-in-law and my neice. Terrible movie, so sad. I hate seeing movies where you feel bad leaving the theatre.

What is your favorite TV show? The Office, I'm so glad the writer's strike is over!!

What do you usually have for breakfast? coffee and hard boiled egg whites.

What is your middle name? Angela

What food do you dislike? I think I like it all

What is your favorite CD at the moment? I don't buy cd's anymore. I love itunes. I just bought some old stuff by Poe.

What kind of car do you drive? Toyota 4runner, love my car!

Favorite sandwich? smoked turkey with avacado

Favorite item of clothing? my new wetsuit, I make that thing look good!

If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? Australia, I have a friend there now and it looks amazing!

What color is your bathroom? which one, the one I use is grey, black and white, very classy!

Favorite brand of clothing? I like a lot of different things, there's so many options here!

Where would you retire? Here, it's perfect weather all year

Most memorable birthday? 16, it was an amazing birthday

Favorite sport to watch? I love baseball in person, basketball on tv, and I'm trying to get used to football.

Favorite saying? "If you've done one thing, you've done something." It's a line from a commercial, it's the dumbest thing I've ever heard but now we say it all the time.

When is your birthday? I'll be 29 on the 29th! And for the record it's my last birthday!

Are you a morning person or a night person? I'm a Day person!

What is your shoe size? ususally a 6.5

Pets?Yes I love my labs, if I didn't have them I'd probably want a baby.

What is your favorite candy? I don't like candy, but i do love dorito's

Your favorite flower? Gerbera Daisy's

What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Any day that I don't have to work

What are you listening to right now? my ipod

What was the last thing you ate? hard boiled egg whites

Do you wish on stars? absolutely!

If you were a crayon, what color would you be? green

What is your pet peeve? when people don't use their blinkers!

Last person you spoke to on the phone? probably Amber

Favorite soft drink? dr. pepper

Favorite restaurant? I don't know, there are sooo many here, tons that we haven't even tried yet!

Hair Color? Blonde and it's staying that way, after hearing Lara's story I'll never dye my hair!

Favorite day of the year? 4th of July

What was your favorite toy as a child? barbies, cabbage patch dolls, etc. I was very girly.

Summer or winter? summer - that's why we moved to San Diego!

Hugs or kisses? hug

Chocolate or vanilla? chocolate, vanilla is so boring

When was the last time you cried? leaving boise

What is under your bed? nothing.

Who is the friend you've had the longest? Rachelle, we met in first grade! We definitely had our ups and downs growing up but I do love her and her cute family.

What did you do last night? It was Valentine's Day, so we went out to dinner and then relaxed at home.

Favorite smell? Plumeria

What are you afraid of? lions and tigers and bears oh my!

How many keys on your key ring? 1

How many years at your current job? 2 months

Favorite day of the week? friday, saturday and sunday

Do you make friends easily? we'll see, I haven't had to make new friends since I was 7!

Wow that's a lot of stuff! If you read all of that then it's your turn to share!!

More pictures and stuff

2008-02-11T14:14:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine said that I wasn't adding enough pictures. I tried to take some pictures of our weekend. I would love to post some surfing action photo's, but so far not much surfing action is actually happening! We've gone out a few times, and I am getting much better. It is really tough to go from your stomach to standing up in one swift motion. But it is fun and challenging to learn!

Here's a little bit of what we did this weekend.

There was a surfing competition going on right by our house. We walked down to check it out. These guys make it look so easy!

Walking home from the surf competition.

Laying out in February!

Playing with the dogs at the beach.

Packer decided he was done playing.

That about sums it up! Beach, surfing, dogs. That's our weekends! But I love it.

Our First Visitor!!

2008-02-08T18:06:00.000-08:00

We had our first visitor this week and it was so fun! Our friend from Boise is traveling the world for the next two months. Before he left the country he flew down to Hollywood to visit his brother that lives there. The two of them took the train from Hollywood to come visit us for a few days. It was a short little trip for them but we're so glad they made it.

The Skinny Jeans

2008-01-30T11:45:00.000-08:00

I started another blog awhile ago, after stumbling on a blog dedicated to Kelly's preparation for her first triathlon. And while I'm not training for a triathlon I definitely needed something to make me feel more accountable to working out. I have a bunch of things against me when it comes to working out. I got married a few months ago and my new hubby can eat massive quantities of anything and everything and never gain a pound and it's been hard not to join in on the french fries and pizza (everything in moderation, remember that). An other thing is we moved and now I have no friends to go workout with and no best friend to tell me when my jeans are starting to look too tight. So I started a new blog, I don't like to think of it as a weight loss journal or anything like that, but it is important to have an attainable goal. I have a great pair of jeans that I love and looked amazing in last summer, and now they look like they've been painted on, so they don't get worn. The goal now, and the title of the blog, is to look stunning in The Skinny Jeans. I record a workout plan for everyday. It's also been a fun way to keep in touch with an old friend, Kelly, who was the inspiration behind it!

Just An Ordinary Day

2008-01-29T10:16:00.000-08:00

I am getting completely spoiled by the weather, scenery and our house. James and I both get home from work right as the sun sets every evening. We are lucky enough to live right on the beach, so we walk down every night to watch it, and are amazed at the beauty every night. The tide was out the other day so we walked up and down the coast gazing at the ocean. Much to my surprise a school of dolphins were swimming about 20 feet away, playing and jumping in the surf. It was amazing to see them so close!

ps to mrs weekes - I need your blog's website!

The Circus Tide

2008-01-16T13:27:00.000-08:00

The other day James took the dogs down to our beach, the tide table showed a 'negative low tide' marked in red, and being from Idaho we had no idea what a negative low tide was. There's high tide and low tide, right? And maybe the negative means it's extra low, or something.....

Our beach is kind of secluded by the cliffs wrapping around, and at high tide the tide comes right up against the cliffs and gets deep. There are about 100 stairs to get up and down to the beach. Sometimes when the tide is washing out there is about a two foot jump from the last step to the sand.

We usually only take the dogs at low tide so there is room for them to run around. One this particular day, when James got down to the beach he noticed that for being at low tide the water was coming pretty far up on the beach, but didn't really think too much of it. James and the dogs were really enjoying themselves running and playing fetch. Then after a minute or so the tide came in, almost to James' waist! Dog decoys, leashes, and flip flops were about to get washed away so James tries to hurry and grab all of that, meanwhile the dogs are about to be washed away too! Both dogs are crying and looking at James with great big panicky eyes trying to swim back to James. He runs out to Packer and basically throws him onto the staircase that leads back up the cliff, and goes back out to get Denver. Packer then freaks out because James and Denver are both in the water now, so Packer jumps back in! Since Denver is in hand he goes and puts Denver on the steps. And then Packer is trying to get up on that first step but with the water rushing around, practically making a whirlpool he can't do it. James jumps back in and pushes Packer on the bottom step. Both dogs are safe on the bottom step just crying and shaking. It was like a circus trying to save both dogs, decoys, leashes and flip flops! All of this happened in a matter of seconds, so fast but also kind of in slow motion. James decided that was enough fun at the beach for one day and put leashes and shoes on and walked back home!

James learned for both of us that the negative low tide, is really like and extra super high tide. We decided it is marked in red on the tide table for a reason! And now we just call it the circus tide!

We made it!

2008-01-08T11:07:00.000-08:00

Well we made it! After two long days in the car, and getting lost along the way (I should not be the navigator)! But we were able to see more of California that way! We are almost completely settled, and were able to spend New Years on the beach with the dogs. It was fun seeing them in the ocean for the first time! Here are a few pictures. I'll post more of the house and stuff soon!

Walking to the beach for sunset!

The oranges in my front yard, delicious!

Another tree in the yard.

New Years on the beach. First time at the ocean for the dogs.

So far everything is going great! We picked out our new surfboards and can't wait to try it out this weekend! The house is super cute and ready for visitors! We've been really enjoying our new neighborhood, there's lots of new fun things to do and new places to go. Driving to work has never been so much fun! I have a view of the ocean the entire drive and the streets are lined with palm trees!

Solana Beach - Home Sweet Home

2007-12-20T10:12:00.000-08:00

We will be ringing in the New Year in Solana Beach, Ca. We are moving to the beach! I flew down to San Diego on Tuesday for job interviews and was offered an amazing job opportunity! We know it's a little crazy to just pick up and move. But everything fell together so perfectly we are convinced it's meant to be! We found a great house just three doors away from the most amazing beach! There are dozens of beautiful outdoor malls, and lots of great resturaunts. And of course the ocean!

And Mickey Mouse lives really close - Captain B!!

(Damon & Sybrina Hint Hint!!)

Here are a few pictures. It was such a fast trip that I didn't get a chance to take many. Tuesday the weather was amazing, 65 and sunny. But Wednesday it rained, so the pictures are all cloudy.

Here's our new front yard, we have orange trees, tangerine and peaches too. Lots of birds of paradise plants!

This is one of my favorite things about the house. We have our very own surf shower! So when you come home from the beach you can rinse off the sand and salt. This will be so great for the dogs too!!

Solana Beach is up on the cliff, so you have to walk down some steps to get to the beach. Here is the view from the top of the stairs. This is three houses down from us!!

Here's our beach!!

Toes in the sand, my favorite! I had just got done with my interview, so I ran down the stairs in my high heels and skirt to catch the sunset!

Love the Christmas decorations in Solana Beach!

Once we're all settled I'll take some better pictures of the house and everything else. But I'm so excited about this I have to tell everyone!!

30 is the New 20

2007-11-01T18:16:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!!

James spent his birthday hunting with friends.

Later on we celebrated with friends at the Steelheads game.

James and Jessica have their birthdays super close so we made a big party out of it. They both turned the 'New 20' together!

What a wonderful honeymoon

2007-10-26T14:38:00.000-07:00

Maui was absolutely amazing! The best place on earth! Here are some of the 200 pictures we took! I'm taking the lazy way out and not making a slide show. We had the most amazing condo on the island. Here's a close up of the palm tree right out our balcony. The master bedroom and the living room had huge sliding glass doors that completely opened up the entire wall. So the whole condo was open. Hearing the ocean all night, and the breeze through the palm trees was so amazing!

We spent time everyday at the beach

Here's a beautiful sunset from our balcony.

The sunsets every night were the most beautiful I've ever seen!

Here we are at Sonsai's. The best sushi on the island (the best sushi we had ever eaten!)

Hibiscus flowers were everywhere, in so many bright colours.

We were feeling quite adventurous, and our friend that is a local insisted we travel the "Road to Hana". The Road to Hana is about 30 miles long, but it is so whindy and narrow that you can only go about 10 miles an hour! I did manage to survive the Road to Hana, but not without a little car sickness! I always thought that car sickness was something you grew out of....guess not. Lucky for me James couldn't find the camera in time to capture the moment :(

The drive takes on average 3 hours, but there are so many amazing waterfalls and bamboo forests along the way you pretty much have to plan the entire day. Bo, our buddy, gave us all of his camping gear and said if we were going to make the drive that we had to camp out in the national forest at the bottom of the volcano, in the rain forest. And they don't call it a rain forest for nothing! Right when we were getting ready to put the tent up it started pouring rain! Sheets of rain like I had never seen before! We ended up sleeping in the car that night! And while camping in Hana, in the car was an adventure I was ready to get back to our posh condo!

Here's a shot from the bamboo forest. This was an incredible hike with several great waterfalls to see.

One of many beautiful waterfalls on the Road to Hana.

Another amazing waterfall.

We managed to get back to the west side of the island just in time for another great sunset!

We spent lots of time snorkeling! Seeing all of the turtles was one of the highlights!

So now the honeymoon is over. But being newlyweds is even better. We had been together for a very long time before we finally got married, and we both really thought that getting married wouldn't really change anything. But it has changed, it is so much better now!

More Wedding Pictures

2007-08-30T13:34:00.001-07:00

Here's some pictures my cousin took of our wedding and the rehearsal. To check out the pic's from our photographer click on the link under Our Favorites. There are sooo many and I need help choosing!

Our Wedding

2007-08-29T08:35:00.000-07:00

August 25, 2007

We're Married!

Friday night was our rehearsal followed by a great big family dinner. Everyone had a great time. My super cute niece was the flower girl, she did a great job!

Me and Amber, my best friend, bridesmaid, and new cousin! Our last photo together before the wedding!

Me and my sister Darcy getting ready.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours!

We did it!

Our First Dance, Blue Skies by Willie (our favorite!)Cutting the cake......

Yum!

It was a terrific weekend! Everything was absolutely perfect, including the weather! We have great friends and family that helped make everything possible. And so many who traveled a long ways to share our special day. It was defenitely a night to remember!

Our Camping Trip

2007-08-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

James loves the outdoors and plans several camping trips every year with friends. So every summer we plan at least one camping trip together. This year we went to an amazing place and I'm not going to tell the name becuase I loved it! The whole time we were there we didn't see one other person. We had the entire place to ourself and it was beautiful. And I know if I post the name on the internet that next summer when I want to go back we will be joined by more people, and more people the next year.

Here's our own private lake! If you look closely in the far edge, on the right hand side you can pick out James fishing in his float tube.

While James was fishing for awhile I took our dogs on a little hike around the lake.

I love my dogs, they are so fun to go camping with! We decided to take a break from our hike and take a little nap.

Some nature photo's - a blue dragonfly

The stream that fed into the lake.

San Diego

2007-07-26T13:16:00.000-07:00

So we just got back from a week in San Diego with James' brother and his family. We had so much fun and I am feeling so fortunate to get to join this awesome family! We went to some great places for dinner, went to our first professional baseball game - GO PADRES! - enjoyed the beaches and the ocean, and just had so much fun. One of my favorite times was just bbq-ing in the backyard and joking around with everyone. I can't wait to go back, or better yet, move there!!! Here's some pic's from our week.

James at Petco Stadium before the game.

Here is me, James and his brother JJ after the game. Padres lost, but it was still a great game.

We went to watch the sunset on the beach.

More time at the beach! My hair gets crazy curly with all the humidity.

One of the coolest things that happened while we were there was getting to see all the Hanson's surf together. JJ, James, Josh and Seth all woke up at 6:00 in the morning to go catch some waves. It was their monday morning "Board Meeting".

James looks like a pro!

Crazy

2007-07-17T07:35:00.000-07:00

I can not believe how fast June flew by! And what a crazy month it was. This was suppose to be a nice calm summer that James and I could just enjoy before our wedding. It has not turned out that way!

Reason to go Crazy #1: I remember when I was in high school, running for student council my senior year, and how they told me that part of the responsibility was planning the 10 year reunion. I guess I didn't think they were serious! So now here I am helping plan the reunion that's one week before my wedding! Planning another party for 200 people! My fellow student council members and I sent out a little questionaire about the past ten years to everyone, and one of the questions was, knowing now what you didn't know then what would you do different? And I would have to say to myself, don't run for student council you're getting married the weekend after the reunion - don't be crazy!! OK, so it's not quite that dramatic. Luckily my amazing friend Whit has totally stepped in and taken control of the whole reunion thing. I would be lost without her!

Reason to go Crazy #2: All that last minute stuff that piles up a month before the wedding. Now I know why everyone told me to just elope! You think you have everything so organized and perfectly planned, and that your wedding will be the first in history to go off without a hitch. Everyone I met with for wedding stuff told me that I was the most organized bride they had ever worked with. I had my colour coordinating planner full of helpful hints with everything all planned out to the smallest detail. I think a small bomb went off in my bag (that colour coordinates)! Who ever said 'life is what happens while you're busy making plans' should be either shot or given the nobel prize. If it weren't for my very best friend in the whole world I wouldn't have been able to get through this. And my advice for any engaged girl out there. I know we all dream of our perfect little reception with flowers and ribbons, dream of it since we were so small. But when you were seven I don't think you realized that all of those flowers and ribbon were going to cost thousands and that they'd all be thrown away the next day. So take the thousands and save yourself the headache because nothing goes the way you plan.

So I just read this, and I know it sounds very negative. I am so very happy to be getting married and our party will be great, but I definitely needed to vent a little. Isn't that what blogs are for anyway? The good news is, we finally got our engagement photo's and I have to say that we make a very cute couple! We had over 360 proofs to go through, there's another reason to go crazy! It was nearly impossible to choose. More good news is we are leaving for San Diego in two days. I am so ready for a vacation. We are going to go hang out with James' brother and his family for a long weekend. It will be so nice to relax a little.

Here's our super cute pictures. This one is probably one of my favorites!

I think this is everyone else's favorite.
You can tell how much fun we had! Our photographer is great! I can't wait to see the pic's from the wedding.

Race at Tamarack

2007-05-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

My little sister Darcy and I decided to run the Tamarack 10k over Memorial Day weekend. It was so fun! We got so lost trying to find the start line, it was quite an adventure. But we ended up finding everyone. The trail was so beautiful and it was perfect weather for running. After the race we hung out at Tamarack for awhile.

The race was a benefit for the Make A Wish foundation. The Make A Wish kid was there, an adorable 7 year old girl. Her wish was to have breakfast with all of the Disney Princesses. She got to go to Florida with her whole family to have her wish granted.

We asked one of the volunteers to take our picture at the finish, he was a funny man, who made us pretend to be crossing the finish line for our pose. We were standing on one foot for like five minutes as he tried to figure out the camera!

Darcy on the trail acting so hot and tired.

Our muscle shot.

Home sweet home after a fun day trip.

Why Not?

2007-05-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

I know most people spend their Hawaiian Honeymoon on the beach sipping pina colada's and feeding each other slices of pineapple. But we are not most people. We were thinking, how many times are you in Hawaii, on your honeymoon, when the maui half is going on? Really, what are the chances? We've done the Robie Creek half marathon so many times that we were burnt out on it this year. And we've done the Sawtooth Relay (best race ever). So, as long as we're going to be in Maui, we might as well run that race too. Right? Sure! So atleast now we'll have an excuse on the monday after to be laying on the beach sipping pina colada's!

The course is so beautiful, it's along the ocean the entire time. We both think it should be pretty easy. We're used to Robie Creek, which is 8 miles straight up, and 5 miles straight down at a high elevation. In Maui the course is flat and at sea level. Another bonus is, training for a race always gets your body in nice shape for bikini's!!

Only 100 days left

2007-05-17T13:06:00.000-07:00

Today is May 17, 2007 and our wedding is only 100 days away! It's so exciting. All the planning is nearly done so we can just relax and enjoy our summer. We are looking forward to all of the fun parties we'll be having to celebrate.

James and I are getting ready to take our dance lessons with our good friends the Houstons. My little brother emailed me to tell me he's been working on his moves by watching Napoleon Dynamite. I can't wait to see that!

We are so excited to share this moment with our friends and family.

Girl's Trip

2007-05-07T14:22:00.000-07:00

Our Girls Trip to Scottsdale.....

A bunch of us girls decided last minute to hop on Holly's plane and jet set to Scottsdale. It was a blast! And hot too, which was a nice change since we had a second blast of cold weather in here in Boise. Lots of laying by the pool, shopping, and my favorite thing for dinner....an In & Out Burger!!!

View from the plane, beautiful blue skies.
See me, I'm flying!

In the limo on our way to the condo.Laying by the pool.
What a great weekend!

Aloha

2007-04-27T13:37:00.000-07:00

I've starting getting everything ready for the honeymoon! We're going to Maui! I am so excited. I've been to Oahu, but never Maui. We're very fortunate to have good friends that live there, so we will get the hook up on all the great local things to do.

Here's a few pic's from where we're staying.

Every Condo is 100% Oceanfront

Can't wait for the beach, and beautiful sunsets!

It's Springtime

2007-04-22T14:01:00.000-07:00

It's finally starting to feel like Spring!!

And the dogs love to help me water all the flowers!

They are my little helpers!

I do love this trick. We turn the hose on, just a little bit. They come to drink out of it, and then we let the water go full blast. They end up totally soaked, and then they just run laps around the yard trying to dry off. I think they like the game, as soon as they dry off they come back for more.

Tax Day

2007-04-16T11:26:00.000-07:00

It's crazy to think that last year at this time I was completely stressed from not having a single day off for four months. The past 6 years I missed out on spring completely, working so much for tax season. And this year I look back to all the fun I've had and feel so grateful for my new job! I don't think I could have made it through another overworked season. And there's no way I would have been able to completely plan our entire wedding! Which has been the best part of this spring. And today is just an ordinary day, a normal monday. I think I like how tax day has completely lost most of it's significance.

Par

2007-04-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

Today was a good day out on the course. I got my first Par! It was pretty amazing. I had the best tee shot ever, it landed on the green. A chip and a putt later and it was in! It must have been a lucky day. When we got home James' parents called to tell us that Jerry got a hole-in-one and was going to be featured in their papers sportspage!

FOUR!

2007-04-08T09:40:00.000-07:00

We spent our Easter out on the golf course,

looking for easter eggs and birdies.

Happy Birthday

2007-03-29T09:37:00.000-07:00

Happy 23rd Birthday (Again)

Celebrating with two of my most favorite girls in the world. A night none of us will soon forget.

James' Fishing Trip - One of Many

2007-03-19T09:11:00.000-07:00

Pic's from one of many fishing trips.

Snowboarding at Brighton

2007-03-10T08:41:00.000-08:00

For an early spring break we drove down to Utah to visit James' parents. The weather was absolutely perfect! A fresh foot of snow, almost 60 degrees, and barely a cloud in the sky. I spent most of the weekend on my butt! Since this is my first year, I'm still trying to get the hang of it. James and I both had a blast and can't wait to go back. It was a really fun weekend getting to spend time with my future inlaws!

Our Engagement

2007-02-15T08:55:00.000-08:00

We're Getting Married

Happy Valentine's Day To Us

After 10 years of bliss it's only going to get better.

James proposed on Valentine's Day. It was quite a surprise. One of our favorite spots has always been the Train Depot, and that's were it happened. I'm all geared up to start planning.

McCall Winter Carnival

2007-02-01T09:35:00.000-08:00

In February we went to McCall for the Winter Carnival. It was so fun walking around looking at all the creative ice sculptures. Here we are in the middle of Payette Lake.

Merry Christmas

2006-12-25T09:18:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas
We spent the Holiday in Utah with James' family. I think everyone got exactly what they wanted, a fun filled week with family and friends.

Tailgating

2006-09-30T09:33:00.000-07:00

We're So Cute

James and Caroline

The stadium for the ESPN broadcast, doesn't the blue and orange look great

Me and Miss Houston

One of our favorite things in the fall, tailgaiting with the Houstons' at all the BSU games. And what a great year to be a fan.